03-18-25 - Emailer Is In Italy And Asks What Would Bret Suggest He See While There - Discussion Of Famous Crime Scenes Has Us Remembering Local Famous Crimes - John Met Listener Whose Wife Says John's Voice Makes Her Smell Farts

Summary

Holmberg's Morning Sickness - Arizona: Episode Summary (March 18, 2025)

Hosted by John Holmberg with Brady Bogen, Bret Vesely, and Dick Toledo

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1. Listener Email: Exploring Italy Beyond the Tourist Trail

The episode kicks off with John Holmberg addressing a listener inquiry from "Tyson," who is currently in Italy and seeking authentic, non-touristy recommendations beyond the typical attractions. Tyson specifically requests insights into locations inspired by famous crime scenes or iconic movie settings.

John Holmberg opens the discussion by reading Tyson's email:

"[01:16] John Holmberg: 'I'm in Rome and I'm seeing. I need to go do some stuff. So ask Brett. I got three days left. I'm done. Venice and the rest of the country. Rome is the last spot. I need some cool Italian advice.'”

Brady Bogen suggests immersing in the heritage by visiting "The Godfather" movie locations:

"[02:12] Brady: 'I mean, I would, you know, just because of the heritage and everything. I'd start visiting, like the Godfather to, like, location.'”

The team anticipates Brady's predictable recommendation, steering the conversation towards more specific spots:

"[03:07] John Holmberg: 'Nobody's asking you. Of course, it's amazing. It's a tourist attraction not far from her. No, Brady, ask him where are the sites for the Godfather 2 stuff.'”

Bret Vesely emphasizes the necessity to venture into Sicily for authentic experiences:

"[02:23] Bret: 'You have to go to Sicily.'”

The hosts delve deep into iconic film locations, such as Don Chichio's villa—the site of pivotal scenes in "The Godfather Part II." They express a desire to experience these places firsthand, contrasting them with mainstream tourist spots like the Vatican or the Coliseum.

"[04:13] Brady: 'I'm in.'"
"[04:26] Brady: 'Don Chiccio's villa. You can visit that. All that kind of stuff.'"
"[06:00] Brady: 'He's kind of going back and forth.'"
"[09:16] Brett: 'Just tell him you want to go to the crap on the boot.'"

The conversation underscores a shared enthusiasm for uncovering the hidden gems of Italy, moving beyond the well-trodden paths to explore locations steeped in cinematic and historical significance.

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2. Reflecting on Local Arizona Crimes and Notable Deaths

Transitioning from Italy, the hosts shift focus to notable crimes and deaths within Arizona, particularly highlighting incidents in Phoenix and surrounding areas.

John Holmberg reminisces about touring infamous sites in Los Angeles, drawing parallels to local Arizona stories:

"[10:07] John Holmberg: 'Full beach play in Los Angeles. We were just talking about this yesterday. The next day we'll drive around the Boys in the Hood sites and get out and start reenacting some of the scenes.'"

They discuss lesser-known Arizona incidents, such as the tragic end of legendary local radio personality Bill Haywood:

"[18:00] John Holmberg: 'He and his wife blasted themselves at the Homewood Inn. Homewood Sweeps or something like that. I feel bad. I don't like that.'"

Bret Vesely and Brady Bogen touch upon other local stories, including the mysterious circumstances surrounding certain deaths and the scarcity of high-profile crime scenes in Phoenix compared to major cities like LA.

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3. A Memorable Encounter: When John's Voice "Smells Like Farts"

A particularly entertaining segment features John Holmberg sharing an unusual and humorous anecdote about meeting a listener whose wife associates his voice with an unpleasant smell.

John Holmberg recounts the encounter:

"[25:06] John Holmberg: 'She starts talking to us. And she's Canadian and she's a lawyer and she's a feminist. And she said something, she goes, you guys like the NBA, but do you like the WNBA?'"

The conversation takes a comedic turn when the listener's wife makes the unexpected comment:

"[26:43] John Holmberg: 'She goes, your voice. I've never had anybody say this to me before. Your voice smells like farts.'"

The hosts engage in playful banter about the bizarre connection between voice and odors, with John humorously critiquing the explanation provided:

"[29:08] Brett: 'And Gassy McGassey.'"
"[29:10] John Holmberg: 'Yeah, that's what it is. You've got Lou Gehrig's gas disease.'"

The segment highlights the show's trademark blend of humor and candid conversations, even delving into personal and quirky listener interactions.

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Conclusion

In this episode of Holmberg's Morning Sickness, John Holmberg and his co-hosts navigate a mix of informative discussions on authentic Italian locations tied to famous movies and reflective conversations on local Arizona crimes. The highlight remains the amusing tale of a listener's unique feedback about John's voice, showcasing the show's ability to balance serious topics with lighthearted and entertaining stories. As always, the hosts maintain an engaging rapport, ensuring listeners are both informed and entertained throughout the morning show.

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Notable Quotes:

• "I'm in Rome and I'm seeing. I need to go do some stuff." — John Holmberg [01:16]
• "Don Chiccio's villa. You can visit that. All that kind of stuff." — Brady Bogen [04:26]
• "Your voice smells like farts." — Listener's Wife [26:44]
• "You've got Lou Gehrig's gas disease." — John Holmberg [29:10]

Transcript

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[Brady]

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[John Holmberg]

You've been deceived by an agent of Satan himself.

[Brady]

He's evil sitting right here. Come on.

[John Holmberg]

No, no, he's not. He's not evil. He's just a bit rude. Good morning, everybody. Hello there. Welcome to Tuesday. It's 5:45. Hi, my name's John. There's Brady, there's Brett. There's Big Dick Toledo. That's. It's the morning sickness. Hold on, I gotta take a sip. I got granola bar in my choke today.

[Brett]

I don't want to choke on that. Spit that over there getting in my eye or Brett's.

[John Holmberg]

Hey, now you're talking to me like I'm your wife. Jesus, that was dirty. Breaking down from there.

[Brett]

You'll break your neck.

[John Holmberg]

Don't choke on that. You'll get it in Brett's eye. What? Whoa, whoa. Anyway, I don't know how that just happened. Before we get anything started, Brett, they got a guy emailed and said I need immediate help from Brett, me immediately.

[Brady]

That's a Brady's job.

[John Holmberg]

That's what I thought, but this is specifically for you.

[Brady]

All right.

[John Holmberg]

It says, I'm in Rome and I'm seeing. I need to go do some stuff. So ask Brett. I got three days left. I'm done. Venice and the rest of the country. Rome is the last spot. I need some cool Italian advice. Help me out. If you were in. If you were in Italy, besides the touristy stuff, what one thing do you need to go do in Rome? And. Well, he can be in Rome, but. I know, but he can go to Italy. He's in Italy. And go. He can travel. You don't. You don't ask and say, hey, keep it specific to this corner because then figure it out yourself. You can see where you're at. I'm talking about, like, you. You're in Rome. You have Italy access. Where do we go? What mob thing do you have to visit?

[Brady]

I mean, I would, you know, just because of the heritage and everything. I'd start visiting, like the Godfather to, like, location.

[John Holmberg]

I knew this was coming.

[Brady]

Yeah.

[John Holmberg]

That was what I was going to get.

[Brady]

You're going to have to travel farther south. You're going to be not in Rome.

[Brett]

You have to go to Sicily.

[John Holmberg]

You got to go to movie locations.

[Brady]

Yeah, but I mean, you could. You could like. Like the. The Where Michael got married in the Godfather, too. The car blew up. Yeah. You can find all that stuff.

[John Holmberg]

Okay.

[Brady]

Yeah.

[John Holmberg]

So you go online and you say, Godfather movie.

[Brady]

Godfather 2 movie locations. You'll find. All right.

[John Holmberg]

Yeah. Because they weren't over there in one. Right. Two is when they snuck over there.

[Brady]

But two was like, the one they really just focused on.

[John Holmberg]

Robert De Niro was walking around as the young Corleone. All right. Okay. There you go. So that's it. I knew that was it. I had a feeling you'd be like, oh, Godfather 2 shooting locations. There's nothing else in Italy to see.

[Brady]

I mean, obvious. There's coliseums there and all that kind of, you know, whatever.

[John Holmberg]

There it is. You fly over it. Exactly. Yeah.

[Brett]

The Amalfi coast. Amazing.

[John Holmberg]

Nobody's asking you. Of course it's amazing. It's a tourist attraction not far from her. No, Brady, ask him where are the sites for the Godfather 2 stuff. The Amalfi coast. Everybody knows about that. Everybody knows that. Rome, the tower that's crooked, all the garbage, old things, the aqueduct, blah, blah, blah. Give me what I want from an Italian who goes over there and says, this is where Silvio was when Gandolfini picked him up in the Sopranos. That's when you start going, oh, stuff I can relate to.

[Brady]

Yeah. I mean, because it's all stuff you've seen before. So, you know, you fly over Rome.

[John Holmberg]

You've seen Rome. There's the Vatican. There's the Coliseum. Looks the same as it does on tv. Give me something where I can stand at that castle house that they filmed Godfather at. Glorious stuff like that. It's like me going to up to, you know, Tahoe. There's one reason to go to Tahoe. I know the lake's there. Where's Michael's house? That's all I'm going for. Oh, this is beautiful. Fantastic. The lake. Seen this on tv. I want to go stand where Michael stood. I want to Be near the boat where they threw Fredo in. God damn it, I want to go now.

[Brady]

I'm in.

[John Holmberg]

Now it works. So, yes. So you're. There you are. You're in Rome. Use your phone and say, go south. You're looking right now, aren't you? Yeah. Godfather two shooting. Look, location.

[Brady]

Don Chiccio's villa. You can visit that. All that kind of stuff. Where he went, where he went and cut him across from. From shoulder down to his gut.

[John Holmberg]

Don Chichio's fillabrator. You're gonna give me a mouth.

[Brett]

Where is that?

[Brady]

Yeah, that is in Sicily. That part is in Sicily.

[John Holmberg]

You gotta go down to Sicily, that's all. But you're. You're way over there already.

[Brady]

How often do you go all the way away?

[John Holmberg]

Look, that's like an Italian fly into Phoenix going, what do I do? And somebody's like, the Grand Canyon goes, yeah, but it's just so far away. Like, you're already this close. You're never gonna be that close to Sicily again. Get over there. His name was Tyson, I think, that was asking that question. He fired off this morning.

[Brady]

Public transportation. I like the trains and everything else.

[Brett]

Yeah, you go to Italy, and then you take a little ferry over to Sicily. There you are.

[John Holmberg]

That's right. You're at Don Ciccio's villa. Nobody thinks to go to Don Chichio's villa except Italians. I would. I would have forgotten about.

[Brett]

I might have gone by it.

[John Holmberg]

You might have been in it, you know?

[Brady]

Yeah.

[John Holmberg]

Snacks and stuff. And had no idea.

[Brett]

It's good cheese.

[John Holmberg]

Don Chichio's vi, of course, Brett would know that. And, yeah, the Godfather 2's got a few great sites. Any other movies to think about?

[Brady]

And there you go. Like. Like right there. You can see.

[John Holmberg]

There's Don Chichio's bill.

[Brady]

This is just some guy that went and visited it.

[John Holmberg]

Oh, this is a guy said, today. Home movies today. Oh, this is it today. I thought you were like, today.

[Brady]

And he's kind of going back and forth.

[John Holmberg]

Come on. Is this where. This isn't where Brando dies.

[Brady]

No, this is. This is where. This is where De Niro shows up.

[John Holmberg]

That's right.

[Brady]

Cuts him.

[John Holmberg]

That's right.

[Brady]

Go up on the.

[John Holmberg]

Right up on the stairs. They let you go right up into the house. It's all weeded out. Nobody's been there for how long?

[Brady]

Yeah, it looks like it's. Hasn't been.

[John Holmberg]

Nobody's touched it.

[Brett]

How much for the house?

[John Holmberg]

No kidding. Don Chichio's house is in disrepair. You know how mad Don Chichio would be if he could see this. Oh, and he sliced him. That's right. From his. Across the whole thing. Oh, just while he's sitting in there. Yeah.

[Brady]

I mean, it's great.

[John Holmberg]

This is amazing. Br. This is so much better than Mouthy Coast. Go eat it. See that from the plane. Look at that. That's beautiful view. Oh, my goodness. Brett. See, you should be a tour guide of dumb Italian stuff. What other movies were filmed that you'd be like. I can't even think of things over there that you would. Did Rocky ever go to Italy?

[Brady]

No.

[John Holmberg]

All right, just checking.

[Brady]

I can't remember.

[John Holmberg]

I want to be on. I want to be on a road trip with you because we wouldn't do. You went to Vegas that time. I'm like, you're not gambling? No, I'm going to take a little tour. And all he did was go over to Robert De Niro's house from Casino.

[Brady]

Oh, yeah. The restaurant where. Where Pescion. That's right where the bank where Sharon Stone come running out of.

[John Holmberg]

Really? Yeah.

[Brady]

It's now a weed dispensary.

[John Holmberg]

Oh, no kidding.

[Brady]

Yeah, me and Fitz went in there.

[John Holmberg]

How about that? Because I know you went over there. I didn't know you went to the restaurant. Yeah, the one that you couldn't get in.

[Brady]

It was. It was.

[John Holmberg]

You know, it was Sharon Stone goes bananas inside.

[Brady]

Yeah, yeah, yeah.

[John Holmberg]

Hey, why wouldn't do that? Okay.

[Brett]

We played on that. I forget which golf course it used to be, but it was the house that they got.

[John Holmberg]

Yeah.

[Brady]

Oh, yeah, yeah.

[John Holmberg]

That's when he was.

[Brady]

Yeah, because it's right. Yeah. Right on the golf course there.

[John Holmberg]

Yeah.

[Brady]

And then I remember going by it and Atomic cocktails or the one downtown. It's. That's where Pesci jammed the guy in the neck with the pen and stuff.

[John Holmberg]

No kidding.

[Brady]

I went. Been there a couple times.

[Brett]

Because he's looking at him.

[Brady]

Yep.

[John Holmberg]

This is cool.

[Brady]

That's my pen.

[John Holmberg]

This is glorious.

[Brady]

Stick that pen up.

[John Holmberg]

Yeah. Brett's traveling. Then you should just tell him it's famous line was, I'd stick that pen up your ass. Let's keep moving to Brett's tours of. There's nothing here in Phoenix. You couldn't do any, like, movie shoots.

[Brady]

Like used cars was here.

[John Holmberg]

Yeah.

[Brady]

Back in the 80s.

[John Holmberg]

Yeah.

[Brady]

Bill and Ted's.

[John Holmberg]

Was it the Gauntlet? Yeah, Downtown. Dirty Harry did that thing down there. Yeah, there's. There have been some movies and some stuff, but I mean, nothing Italian. Nothing. Nothing that you would take. Classic. Yeah. You're not gonna get too excited. I'm saying, for somebody just traveling to Phoenix, it's like, oh, hand. I don't think De Niro ever. I don't think he's ever been here. If he has, you'd know about it.

[Brady]

Oh, yeah. You'd hear him crying.

[John Holmberg]

Well, he'd be screaming about. I mean, Bernie Sanders is here this week. He might be with him. AOC series. Because he's going completely crazy. Political. But I don't know. I just want to start yelling. All right, well, there you go. We fixed it. Tyson. Luke, there's the answer to your question. You got to get down to Don Chichi's villa. You don't do. What are. What are you doing in Italy if you're there? Oh, I saw the Vatican. Who has it?

[Brady]

It's like the Easter keg.

[John Holmberg]

Go east or go south.

[Brady]

You'll find it.

[John Holmberg]

Come back with the stories. Like, we saw the Vatican and the Coliseum and the Aqueduct, and it was amazing. And then we saw. I'm like, that's what everybody sees. Brett saw Don Chichio's villa, and he's got video of it. I'm talking to him about this.

[Brett]

Just tell him you want to go to the crap on the boot.

[John Holmberg]

Yeah. Sicily. That's great. It's pretty awesome either way. Get over there. Do the thing. Rome's easy, stupid. Yeah, you'll have pizza somewhere. It's like you're just. You're just doing.

[Brett]

It's all over.

[John Holmberg]

Yeah. You get the tour, so. I knew you'd know that. I don't know. If I had a fight, a guy asking, where's the best place to eat? You'd be like, oh, Don Chichio's villa is an actual restaurant.

[Brett]

Like getting a coco pellet downtown.

[John Holmberg]

Yeah. Yeah. You have to get a pizza.

[Brady]

Ortega.

[John Holmberg]

Yep. Gilbert.

[Brady]

Yeah.

[John Holmberg]

Gilbert who? That's the Gilbert Ortega of Rome. I wonder. There's got to be a thousand of them. Dude's taking full advantage of that, selling little crosses and stuff by the Vatican. Ridiculous. I'm never going over there. It's too far. Way too far.

[Brady]

I'll go someday.

[John Holmberg]

This is. I'm touring the labor union yards right now. That's Bretwood, the best place to see where Jimmy got whacked. That would be a great one. When I was in LA and they do the famous death tour, and I lived there, and I had nothing to do one day, and I climbed on one of those buses and just drove around, and they showed me, you know, it was a long tour. The Black Dahlia Murders are way down in South Central. And then we went all the way up to Wonderland and then over to OJ's house, which was like the. That was the. The. That was the coup de grace.

[Brady]

Was it still there at that time?

[John Holmberg]

No, they had just started to tear the stuff down. There was a big fence around it, and it wasn't. You. You weren't allowed in there the same way. And then years later, I went back and it was totally different. But man, oh, man, is that great. Hear the words you say sometimes. I mean, who talks like that? Holmberg's morning sickness. And then, yeah, we had. And then, you know, they drive you by Nicole's place and where John. John Holmes was Wonderland, and they had that and these every. The. The Night Stalker. I got fascinated with riding around LA and seeing where all the bodies were found.

[Brady]

They do the Manson murders, too?

[John Holmberg]

Yep. You go up Hollywood Hills and see the house, Sharon Tate's house and all that. It was really cool. And also the Sharon Tate house at the time, we had to stop and walk the street, and you can only go so far, and only a few of us could do it. Like, you couldn't have the whole bus because the neighbors get furious. It's a very nice area, so you're not. It's a cul de sac. So the bus is going through there. Piss people off. But they're like, this is a route. If you go right up here and if we get stuck, there's only five of us on there on a Tuesday that were creepy enough to get on this thing and start wandering around LA looking. Sure enough, I can still smell him. And then you get back on the bus and you leave. The Sharon Tate house has been completely redone and. But the cool thing was later Dalton.

[Brett]

Is that his.

[John Holmberg]

Well, that's. Rick Dalton was next door and that hadn't happened yet. So when I saw Once Upon a Time in Hollywood, I'm like, that house is different now. But the Rick Dalton house looks pretty much.

[Brady]

So did they use the same house from the.

[John Holmberg]

The Tate house was.

[Brady]

Oh, no kidding.

[John Holmberg]

They were on that road a lot.

[Brady]

Okay.

[John Holmberg]

The Tate house is different now, so they rebuilt it. But yeah, they. They were right up on that same hill.

[Brady]

Yeah, it's great.

[John Holmberg]

It's so cool. I love that stuff. Anything how dark and weird that is that I took time and I mean, it's all the things to do in Los Angeles. And I'm like, I want to see where the bodies were. And then I just looked and there's like eight tours. Want to see where the bodies were. Like, Jesus Christ, I'm not alone. And people just standing in line in Hollywood, like, where are we going?

[Brady]

Comes Harvey Levin on his bus with TMZ and all that kind of stuff.

[John Holmberg]

Those are the ones I don't understand where you actually go drive past all the tourist stuff. Stuff. But the body thing is pretty cool. Oh, you went to, you know, Chateau Marmont. We got over there. That's where Belushi died and all that. You know, all those people that I think Jimi Hendrix was. Maybe he wasn't there. I don't remember. But there's tons of them. And just keep going. You're like, oh, my God, that's that. And this is where this person got croaked.

[Brady]

And to do the Specter house too.

[John Holmberg]

Or he hadn't killed yet. Okay, yeah, he had not murdered yet. That's kind of far away. Longer and bigger. Well, there were a couple of them I didn't even know, but they're like legendary LA murders. And you go up the Holmby Hills, there was a murderer up in there, and that's where the Playboy Mansion is. And there was some guy slaughtered his wife in there. And they drive by like, oh, that's kind of neat. But then you realize what you're doing is like the darkest eight hours of your life. And you're on the freeway for some of it. Like just driving all the way over to, I think Bellflower is where Black Dahlia is. And they found half that girl up there. And you just go over and like, this is what. And it's all. When she got killed. It was a pretty new neighborhood. Not anymore. And you know that bus makes people. The Germans get nervous when you dirt. All right, we're gonna make a ride here. Everybody duck down. It's like, oh, yeah, we're in South Central. We gotta right to go by Fury.

[Brady]

Styles house and Craig and Smokey.

[John Holmberg]

You know what's funny? I tried to find that. That was before Google Maps when I lived there. And I did try to find this. It's not as bad as you'd think. It's not comfortable at stoplights. Sometimes the bald white guy driving around, well, I had a hat on. Brett, not an idiot. I had lokes and a hat. I wasn't stupid. But I would drive down there. I just buttoned my top button and rolled through. I look like one of the rolling 60s, but you find the avenues that. Because rolling 60s, the avenues. And then I don't know where they were because they were. They weren't in Compton, they were in something else. So I tried to find it. And if I had today, the Brett's tour guide and you were on your phone.

[Brady]

We.

[John Holmberg]

You know what? We need to plan a trip to la.

[Brady]

Let's do it.

[John Holmberg]

Full beach play in Los Angeles. We were just talking about this yesterday. The next day we'll drive around the Boys in the Hood sites and get out and start reenacting some of the scenes.

[Brett]

Pull out the camera.

[John Holmberg]

That's exact. Well, just stand where Furious Styles was and said, who's bringing him in? You got a plane? Anybody got planes? These fools right here, they're the ones blasting every night. Fool, roll up on me in the set, I'm gonna blast his ass. That's exactly what they want, brother. Can you imagine if they walked by and saw me and you redoing that scene? We need to buy everything, keep everything. Black owned, black operated, damn, white, Furious style. Speaking the truth, I would love that. But yeah, what I did at that time is I went through and found the cross streets of where that truck driver, Reginald Denny, got his head bashed in. And everything's Korean or was. I don't know if that's still the case. It was. It was an interesting. There's a lot going on out there in South Central and it's beautiful. You go through, you forget. Like, that was the. That was the, like the Mecca of that area. My old people friends Fred and Paula, who are one's gone now, but Paula's in her 90s and they grew up there in Inglewood. And it was like these beautiful homes. And like that. You go by he. It's scary. My ex wife's grandparents grew up in South Central and we drove right to their house one day. He was fearless. That's right. That's where I grew up, right there. I used to walk to schools, like. And there's just like dudes, like. It was. I think it was like I was either in Friday or Boys in the Hood because there were dudes just standing outside sipping Old English while me and this old man rolled through. The porches are different now. We had. We didn't have so much growth, overgrowth. These people don't take care of their homes the way we used to. I'm like, all right, I'll just keep driving. Roll the windows up. When you say stuff like that.

[Brady]

Excuse me.

[John Holmberg]

Home. These people that looks like we're having to. We're gonna have to change a tire. I'm like, you're gonna have to change a tire, old man. I am ironically Going to be the fastest dude in this neighborhood, but good luck, old man. Yeah, that one was a little weird, but yeah, it's. It was pretty cool. So I'm. Phoenix has a couple spots, but nobody real famous. You know, that's whys and stuff. Yeah, we don't have like a. We get one of the Bob Crane, Bob Crainhouse. That's it. Oh, yeah, yeah, that's it. But as far as I know, like, there's nothing, you know, local people, like that dude that used to replace windshields.

[Brett]

Rick Chambers, another murder at the. Wasn't the Tovre Mansion or something like that.

[John Holmberg]

I don't know anything about that deal, all that.

[Brett]

There's a story behind that.

[John Holmberg]

Probably that's the least historically relevant thing that is historically relevant in this city. Like, nobody in the. No one knows what goes. Oh, they do weddings. That's all anyone.

[Brady]

What's this?

[John Holmberg]

The Tovery Mansion? Oh, it used to be the governor's house. I'm like, I don't think that's true. Like, it was something else, but I don't know where it is. Like, where. Like, it is in space and time and like, what it did. And then somebody will email me and be like, all right. And then we'll all forget.

[Brett]

Yeah, there was a Phoenix City Lights.

[John Holmberg]

That's a thing. We were talking about that yesterday at Tactical Black.

[Brady]

There's a newspaper reporter got. Yeah, that's in his cart.

[John Holmberg]

Blew him up. That's true. Yeah, that's true. One of the Marizona Republic guys got blown up. And then, of course, local legend Bill Haywood, he pulled a hackman at a hotel room about 15 years ago.

[Brady]

Oh, that's right.

[John Holmberg]

He and his wife blasted themselves at the Homewood Inn. Homewood Sweeps or something like that. I feel bad. I don't like that. Like, Bill Haywood is. I never knew him or anything. He was a radio guy for 30 years here in town.

[Brady]

Legendary here.

[John Holmberg]

And hey, that's the problems. Like, when you go out like that, that's all you. You're known for. And plus the poor maid, they did it with guns. Somebody else slept in that room. And that poor maid had to go in there and mop all that up after the cops left and then make it ready for the next guest. That's awful.

[Brett]

They think about how often that happens, you know, and with guns. Well, at hotels and stuff, I get. You know. Remember when. Well, Ralphie was on tour and then he went down to the Florida with a Seminole casino and Anna Nicole.

[John Holmberg]

I mean. I mean, dropping dead In a hotel is one thing. Shooting yourself in a hotel, that's just inconsiderate. If you're gonna do it, pill up, you know, don't blow your brains out and make it so they got to put a new wallpaper. But there is the end of Nicole suite down there at the Seminole Hotel. If people. Frank was there at this caliendo. Was there one like, I think a week before and then had to go back. He might have been one of them. Might. It was Ralphie or him. One of them might have been there while it was going on because they were looking out the window. And Nicole, when she just died at the Seminole Hotel in Florida.

[Brady]

Oh, I thought you meant here. I was like, no, she died here.

[John Holmberg]

Okay. Yeah. We don't have any good ones. Yeah.

[Brady]

I think Brady's right. I think Bob Crane's the only one.

[John Holmberg]

Bob Crane is the only one. And driving by. That's. It's an apartment complex. Used to be different, but live there for two weeks. Yeah. You were here. Brady was.

[Brady]

Oh, really?

[John Holmberg]

Yeah, he lived in the complex for a little bit when he first moved here. They've changed it a little since, but.

[Brett]

It was still had the crime tape around it.

[John Holmberg]

Yeah. And it's Hogan's Heroes guy. It didn't. It's not new enough. It had crime tape around it in the 90s. They must reinvest. Yeah.

[Brady]

Well, documentary or something.

[John Holmberg]

Yeah. Filming for something else. If they still have crime tape of. All right. We're still working on. It's been 20 years, guys like.

[Brett]

Or it's boarded up. No one's gonna buy that unit.

[Brady]

That thing's been for sale a couple times, actually.

[John Holmberg]

Yep.

[Brady]

Don't know that one.

[John Holmberg]

James Gibson on the Apache Trail. See, now that's the stuff we'd have to get into is like the 1900s murders. And that's why tombstones a thing.

[Brady]

And newly engaged couple killed in the desert.

[John Holmberg]

Oh, I remember that. I saw a special on that. They got killed way out. This was back in like the 60s, but they got way out. And what. What is a bustling city now was just desert. Yeah, we don't have very good ones.

[Brett]

You mentioned it. Maybe the Brandy Hungerford.

[John Holmberg]

Yeah. Rick Chance.

[Brett]

Yeah.

[John Holmberg]

Yeah, he was over there at the hotel. That's Best Western right off the freeway. You'd have a Denny's in it now it's a Makayo's morning sickness. Hear the words you say sometimes. I mean, who talks like that? 98 KUPD. Holmberg's Morning Sickness.

[Brett]

Got the. You know, you Were more involved in that or we did business with a auto body.

[John Holmberg]

Oh, geez. That's right. And that's been an ID Channel. Jason over there at Scottsdale Collision Center. His. His brother killed him. Or it wasn't. They weren't real brothers. They called themselves brothers, but. Yeah, that's right. I forgot about that one.

[Brady]

Oh, the guy from Miranda rights got stabbed here.

[John Holmberg]

Oh, yeah, you don't want to visit. Where did that. That was in Tucson, though. I'm not going there. I'd rather get stabbed than go to Tucson.

[Brady]

Some dive bar on second in Jackson.

[John Holmberg]

Oh, no kidding? I thought that was down in Tucson.

[Brady]

Okay, There's a guy.

[John Holmberg]

There's down below.

[Brett]

I wonder if that's. It was known as the Deuce. They said the bar. I wonder if that's the actual. You know, they re. Did the. The Deuce. It's that big warehouse at camping.

[John Holmberg]

The dude. Oh, it can't be.

[Brady]

No, I don't think so.

[John Holmberg]

It's Second Jackson. Yeah, that's pretty close to that. I don't know. Either way, enjoy yourself. And now I'm getting all these notable Arizona deaths.

[Brady]

Who else?

[John Holmberg]

Oh, how about the dude who killed himself recently after he was jerking off at the Scottsdale Bikini Bean espresso place? And I'm like, yeah, well, I remember this one. Oh, that was that girl that lived by me when I was.

[Brady]

Yeah, that was like, when we were in, like, elementary school.

[John Holmberg]

Everybody was shutting, freaking out. What was her name?

[Brady]

Christine for.

[John Holmberg]

Christy Fornoff. That's right. Oh, yeah.

[Brett]

Yeah. Ronnie talks about that.

[John Holmberg]

People were. Yeah, that was good. Hell out of every kid, like, they were telling us all where it was gonna. The dude's out there. It was, like, two weeks, and then. We haven't caught anybody. She's been missing for days. And we had to stay home. We weren't allowed to go outside for a little bit. It was right down the road from my house. Every city's got one of those. We need a celebrity murder, like, a good one, Not a local one, like a real one.

[Brady]

Yeah, we got nothing. I mean, Bob Crane is our.

[John Holmberg]

Bob Crane's up. Still, it's kind of like when people get excited about Alice Cooper. It's like, enough. We've had enough time to do a better one than that.

[Brady]

Robert Fisher.

[John Holmberg]

Robert Fisher's a good story. Either way, I want to kill someone myself because I got this phone. Friday.

[Brady]

Alexander.

[John Holmberg]

Yeah. Who?

[Brady]

Travis Alexander.

[John Holmberg]

Joe the Arias. That's a. All right. But she didn't live here. But the apartment. You could go to Travis's apartment, but it's. You don't want to visit the victim's place so much. I don't know. I got this brand new phone Friday and I dropped my old phone a thousand times. And the only thing that happened, the back cracked. This fell out of my hands yesterday. It's already all broken and split. I cracked the hell out of. The whole screen is ruined. And I think three days and my. My. My case is on its way because I didn't get it there. Like I'll just get it on Amazon. It's $10 cheaper on Amazon. So I ordered it. It should be coming today, right on time. Yesterday. I'm getting out of the Jeep and I hear clunk. And I'm like, what did I drop? I was holding two bottles of water, so I was gonna throw them out. I look on the ground, my phone's there. I'm like, oh, I've had you for three days. You better survive the first fall. It didn't. Whole thing is just.

[Brett]

I can't see it where it's.

[John Holmberg]

Because these don't turn off. So if you get close, you can see it's just shattered. Completely shattered. The whole screen.

[Brett]

Sure did.

[John Holmberg]

So I have to want to. Now I have to go to one of. Speaking of Brett, I have to go to one of those money laundering businesses that pretends they're still a thing that fixes the glass on your phone.

[Brady]

They're always.

[John Holmberg]

There's no possible way. I don't believe that those are legitimate. That is a. They're washing cash at those places. There's no way enough people do that. But there's got to be some sort of a warranty I don't know about for three day drop.

[Brady]

You would think.

[John Holmberg]

Nah.

[Brady]

Still call the aarp, man.

[John Holmberg]

You know what? There's got to be a few friends at the aarp. Let's see if I get that done. Oh, that was so frustrating. And then a great story. I have to say hi to two people I met last night at the Rah Rah Room. My buddy Mark and I went to go see the Suns. Just trounce a team for the first time all year. The Raptors stood no chance in the beginning. Was a little close. And then they did what they should be doing all year to bad teams. They finally had a great game. But it was the Raptors who don't care anymore. And my buddy Joe Libman was there and he brought a friend. So we're hanging out at the Rahra Room and this lady's kind of elbowed her way in next to my friend Mark. And I'm like, mark, would you please make room? And so we start laughing. She starts talking to us. And she's Canadian and she's a lawyer and she's a feminist. And she said something, she goes, you guys like the NBA, but do you like the wnba? And I started, yeah. And I said, no, no, we like sports. Just joking with her and stuff. And she goes, oh, all right, we're off on a, we're on a bad start here. So I said, I'm not, you know, I'm not going to go crazy, but I will tell you that it's the least feminist thing I do. My whole WNBA is not a feminist movement. It's the opposite of one. It's subsidized by men. It's never made money, it doesn't stand on its own. So it's actually an insult to women. And on top of that, women don't support it. So I'm telling her all this and she starts arguing back. She goes, I respect this point that she said, mouse. And then I said, and by the way, I said in a, you know, a ratings way, you know, of the total audience, 38% of the main demographic, 25 to 54 year olds, is men. 20 something percent is women. So where they're aiming the thing, it's not even getting women. I'm like, so women aren't the ones supporting this. That's their problem. It's marketing. And she goes. And she goes, I also know who you are. And I said, oh, you do? And she goes, yeah. And she points to her, I think her husband, boyfriend, whatever, Scott. She points to him and he's just sitting there smiling. She goes, he's a big fan of yours. And I'm like. And let me tell you, she said, let me tell you something. She wasn't mad at me, but she said, let me tell you something else.

[Brady]

Oh.

[John Holmberg]

She goes, your voice. I've never had anybody say this to me before. Your voice smells like farts. And I'm like, my breath. And she goes, no, no, no, your voice. And I'm like, I don't even know what that means. And she goes, when I ride with him, Scott farts in the car and laughs and listens to you. And he goes, I don't do that. I've got a medical condition. Evidently this guy farts constantly. And he farts and leaves her in the car when he runs into the quick trip and leaves us on. I don't know if that's happening right now. So she associates the sound of my voice with the smell of farts, like some sort of Pavlovian thing. And I started laughing. I'm like, so when we were talking, you recognized my voice and said, like, you started to smell farts? Naturally. Because I was talking. And she goes, no, but. But once I realized who you were, because he pointed you out like, that's the guy from the radio that we listen to. She goes, oh, is it? And she goes, but you've redeemed yourself tonight. And I said, really? And I said, normally on the radio, I'll talk about the WNBA and how silly it is, and you can't argue back. And I said, because, A, there's no argument, and B, you're a woman. And then she started laughing, making fun of us. But she was very nice. And we had a nice back and forth about the wnba. Meanwhile, Scott started farting on us like crazy, and we didn't even know it. So my voice. It's a great T shirt. Your voice smells like farts. Not my breath. My breath was pleasant. I didn't stink. But when I talk, her body brings. But you know when you hear, like, fresh cut grass and it takes you back, My voice brings the scent of rotten eggs to her mind, and then she can smell it.

[Brady]

We always say, farts aren't funny. So wait a minute.

[John Holmberg]

It is. When you're farting on a feminist, there's nothing better. Farts are suddenly hilarious. When you're. When there's a feminist in the car and you're gassing her out. That is funny. She was super nice. It was a lot of fun. But it was an interesting phrase I've never heard. I've done this for a long time, but. And I just. And I told him, I'm like, look, what you got to stop doing is farting all over this girl. She's a pleasant lady. He goes, I have a. And he kept just screaming, I have a medical condition. I'm like, what medical condition? Sometimes I can't. I just fart. Like, that's not a medical condition. That's lazy. Medical condition is I've got a. And it's got a name. And you don't just shout, I have a medical condition and say, I fart too much. Yeah, it has to have a name. And he didn't break out a name. So I don't think the doctors are like, you have a medical condition. What is it, doc? I don't really have a name to add, but you're far all over the place.

[Brett]

And Gassy McGassey.

[John Holmberg]

Yeah, that's what it is. You've got Lou Gehrig's gas disease. We're named everything we don't know after Lucas, but they were very sweet people. But I've not heard that before. So hopefully they're at the QT right now. He's like, I'll be right back. And then he gets out and she just sits in it and then listens to us while he shops around for five hour energy drinks and comes back, leaves her in the car, gases her out. And then she said, sometimes she gets in the car and turns it on and it's on us. And it smells from the farts from the night before. Oh, this dude's crushing.

[Brady]

He's gotta get that checked out, man.

[Brett]

Supposed to say that to a lot of people.

[John Holmberg]

Why is that?

[Brett]

Oh, because whatever's on the RA if, you know they're on the radio, let's.

[John Holmberg]

Think Brady, evidently, he went 1980s. Honestly, broke the knob off. It's only on KUPD. She doesn't ever change the station. She. She. She wades in fart clouds and listens to us. And we couldn't be more grateful. Thanks, Scott. Farting on Feminists is a good band name. Farting on the Feminist. It's an album.

[Brady]

It sounds like a Primus album, which.

[John Holmberg]

Is a lawyer and stuff. But she tried to, you know, we both. We came to the agreement. I said, look, you can say. I said, the only beef I have with the WNBA is if you don't like it, people call you a misogynist. That's not fair. I can say, I don't like the Toronto Raptors. And nobody says, I hate Canada, so why. And she's Canadian, so I'm like, why is it fair that they're, you know, immune to scrutiny? That's the problem people have with the wnba when it sucks, you can't say so or you hate women. And she goes, you know what? That's a very good point. She was actually, I think I turned her. I think by the end of it, she started hating ladies, broads and your comments. And then she said, yeah, you know what? You make a good point. And then Scott farted on her and everybody left. But, yeah, that's the thing, too. If you've. Again, I go back to this all the time, and I've saved marriages from the fart guy. Plenty of people have come up to me and said, you've changed my life. We were at the bike shop and those two people came up to me at Action Ride shop and said, you saved our marriage because I. You tell him not to fart on me anymore. And then he started asking me how come we don't have sex and you're farting on me all the time. Time. I've saved tons of them. But you can't say I have a medical condition and only fart in the car with your girlfriend because the whole time at the rah rah room, Scott didn't fart once. So you have the capability of holding it in. And I even said it's a tight space. When you two first started dating, it was a great. It was a great admission, though, because when you two first started dating, he held it in. He was respectful of your space. He didn't fart all over you. And he goes actually to the contrary, like, what? Your first date. I let it. I have a medical condition like, Scott, this is not. You just like farting on people.

[Brady]

He needs a new proctologist or something, man. There's something going on.

[John Holmberg]

We need the proctologist with smaller fingers because whatever's going on. Yeah, cranking that thing open. Either way, it was a pleasant conversation. We had a good time last night. And the sun's just ravaged the Raptors boring basketball game. But it's finally what they should have done. And unfortunately, somewhere or another, they stay alive. That team's a joke. Let's get a wake up song, shall we? 585-9800. We'll get a good one. We'll scream it together. It's 98 KUP. Wake up. Hey, it's not weird. It's pretty cool, actually.

[Brett]

No membership fee.

[John Holmberg]

I've heard enough of this.